10-1.1.

Intent. These off-street parking and loading regulations are designed and/or intended to regulate the size, number, design and location of off-street parking and loading spaces, as defined in chapter 2, Definitions, of this Ordinance, in a manner which promotes traffic safety and reduced vehicular congestion through the establishment of reasonable standards in order to maintain and encourage residential, commercial and industrial activity and development.

10-1.2.

Scope of regulations. The off-street parking and loading provisions herein shall apply as follows:

(a)

Buildings and/or structures, or portions thereof, and/or principal and accessory uses of land, established after the effective date of this Ordinance, shall provide parking and loading facilities, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

When the use of any zoning lot, building and/or structure, or portion thereof, is intensified through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement used by the city planner to assess required parking and/or loading facilities, such additional facilities shall be required.

(c)

The director of the City of Chicago Heights Code Enforcement Division shall not issue a building permit and/or a certificate of occupancy, until and unless, full compliance with the provisions of this chapter has been documented.

(d)

When a building permit has been issued, prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, and construction has begun within six months of said effective date and diligently prosecuted to completion, additional parking and/or loading space, shall be provided only to the extent required by previous ordinances.

(e)

No provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking and/or loading space, to serve the existing use of a zoning lot, provided that the provisions of this chapter, governing the location, design, and operation of such facilities, are fully adhered to.

(f)

Control of off-site parking facilities. When required parking facilities are provided on land other than the zoning lot on which the building or use served by such facilities is located, they shall be and remain in the same possession or ownership as the zoning lot occupied by the building or use to which the parking facilities are accessory. No such off-site parking facilities shall be authorized and no occupancy permit shall be issued where the plans call for parking facilities other than on the same zoning lot, unless the zoning board of appeals has reviewed the plans and heard the applicant and made findings that the common ownership or possession of the zoning lot and the site of the parking facilities are reasonably certain to continue and that the off-site parking facilities will be maintained at all times during the life of the proposed use or building.

(g)

Parking and/or loading space located on the same zoning lot as the building and/or structure, and/or principal use being served, and lawfully existing on the effective date of this Ordinance, or provided voluntarily after said effective date, shall not hereafter be reduced below established levels.

10-1.3.

Destruction and damage. As of the effective date of this Ordinance, for any conforming, or legally existing nonconforming building, structure, and/or use subsequently destroyed and/or damaged through a fire, explosion, natural disaster, building or structural collapse, and/or other casualty, should the owners of record and/or occupants of said lot, building, and/or structure reconstruct, reestablish, and/or repair destroyed and/or damaged facilities, on-site, off-street parking and/or loading space shall be restored, using the following guidelines:

(a)

Should repair and/or replacement costs exceed 60 percent of the replacement value of the principal building and/or structure, additional on-site, off-street parking and/or loading space shall be required in an amount which fully complies with the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

Should said casualty affect multiple uses of the same lot, principal building and/or structure, the requirements of this chapter shall be fully applicable, only to those uses destroyed and/or damaged in excess of 60 percent of the replacement value.

(c)

The city planner shall review the replacement value of all uses, lots, buildings, and/or structures affected by a casualty, as submitted by the owners of record, using industry cost standards, per square foot, available in publications of general circulation, including but not limited to, Means' Construction Cost Index.

(d)

All nonresidential uses within the following described area shall be exempt from the off-street parking requirements of this Ordinance; provided, however, where a parking lot is established such lot shall conform to all design and construction requirements set forth herein, beginning at the north R.O.W. line of the Penn-Central Railroad and the center line of School Street extended thence north along said line to the center line of McEldowney Place; thence east along the center lines of McEldowney Place and Street to west alley line west of Vincennes Avenue to the center line of 15th Street; thence east along the center line of 15th Street to west R.O.W. line of the C.&E.I. Railroad; thence southerly along said R.O.W. line to north R.O.W. line of the Penn-Central Railroad; thence westerly along said R.O.W. line to the place of beginning.

10-1.4.

Off-site parking and/or loading. Buildings, structures and/or uses erected and/or established after the effective date of this Ordinance, shall be required to provide off-street parking and/or loading space on-site, in a manner which fully complies with the provisions of this chapter.

The location of off-street parking spaces in relation to the use served shall be as prescribed hereinafter. With regard to this section, the measurement of distance shall be done according to walking patterns, that is, along sidewalks and crosswalks; all required off-street parking spaces shall be within the maximum distance specified.

As of the effective date of this Ordinance, legally existing uses, buildings, and/or structures which are subsequently altered or enlarged, so as to require the provision of additional parking in order to comply with the provisions of this chapter, may utilize parking and/or loading space located on a zoning lot with the provisions of this chapter, may utilize parking and/or loading space located on a zoning lot other than the lot on which the building and/or use being served is located, subject to the following [provisions of this chapter].

(a)

Parking spaces accessory to dwellings shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served.

(b)

Off-street parking facilities accessory to residential uses and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles owned by occupants of the dwelling structures to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of said occupants. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the owners, employees, tenants, visitors or customers of business or manufacturing establishments. Under no circumstances shall parking be permitted on lawns or parkway grass.

(c)

Parking spaces accessory to uses other than dwellings, in a residential district, may be located on a lot adjacent to, or directly across a street, or alley from, the lot occupied by the use served, but in no case at a distance in excess of 300 feet from such use.

For uses in business, mixed-use and manufacturing districts. All required parking spaces shall be within 500 feet of the use served, except for spaces accessory to dwelling units which shall be within 300 feet of the use served. However, no parking spaces accessory to a use in a business, mixes-use or manufacturing district shall be located in a residence district, except that private, free, off-street parking accessory to such uses and municipal parking lots may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with section 10-12, within 200 feet of and adjacent to any business, mixed-use or manufacturing district.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

Off-site, off-street parking and/or loading space, accessory to permitted industrial and non-industrial uses, shall be permitted on zoning lots designated as an industrial zoning district on the city's official zoning map, when said parking is located on a zoning lot abutting the industrial use and/or zoning lot being served, or within 600 feet, of any lot line, including public rights-of-way.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

Prior to the establishment of off-site, off-street parking and/or loading space, a restrictive covenant, running with the land, must be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, for the zoning lot, upon which said off-site, off-street parking and/or loading space shall be provided. Such covenant shall prohibit any other use for the lot where said parking and/or loading space is provided. A certified copy of the recorded covenant, shall be provided to the corporate authorities prior to the issuance of any permits, approvals, and/or certificates. Said covenant shall remain in effect, until and unless, either of the following conditions occur:

(a)

The principal use requiring the provision of said off-site, off-street parking and/or loading space, ceases to exist, is removed, and/or, terminated; and/or

(b)

Another zoning lot, with adequate physical characteristics and proper zoning, is properly developed and designated as the location being used to provide off-site, off-street parking and/or loading space, for the specified principal use, in a manner which fully complies with the provisions of this chapter.

The substitute zoning lot shall be subject to the same conditions and/or covenants, required for the initial zoning lot used to provide said space.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

The total of accessory parking spaces provided for one-family, two-family or multiple-family dwellings or hotels shall not exceed that required herein for such use or for any equivalent new use by more than 50 percent, or four spaces, whichever number is greater, in an R-4, R-5, or R-4 or business district.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

When two or more uses are located on the same zoning lot, only one exemption in terms of floor area shall be taken.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

10-9.1.

[Accessory parking.] Required off-street accessory parking, whether provided on-site or off-site, shall be used solely for the parking of motor vehicles, utilized by owners of record, patrons, occupants, guests, or employees of such uses permitted, or allowed as a conditional use, for the zoning district in which said zoning lot is located.

10-9.2.

Parking and storage. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the owners, employees, tenant, visitors or customers of business or manufacturing establishments.

10-9.3.

Storage. Storage of a commercial vehicle, and/or contractor's equipment, by the operator of said vehicle or equipment, at his/her place of residence, shall not constitute the making of a delivery, and/or the rendering of a service, and shall be prohibited in all residential zoning districts.

10-9.4.

Enclosed parking. The parking and/or storage outside of a substantially enclosed building and/or structure of any motor vehicle which is neither licensed or fully operational, shall be prohibited on all zoning lots designated as residential zoning districts on the city's official zoning map.

10-9.5.

R-1 parking. Where the established principal use is single-family residential in nature, the parking and/or storage outside of a substantially enclosed building and/or structure, of more than four motor vehicles, shall be prohibited on all zoning lots designated as R-1 single-family residential on the city's official zoning map.

10-9.6.

Commercial parking. The commercial repair and/or servicing of motor vehicles, and the retail sale and/or dispensing of motor vehicle fuels, oil, and/or accessories, shall not be permitted in areas designated as off-street parking and/or loading space, located on zoning lots designated as a residential zoning district, or a commercial zoning district, on the city's official zoning map.

10-9.7.

In yards. Off-street parking spaces may be located in any yards except required front or side yards.

10-9.8.

In parkways. No person, firm or corporation shall park, deposit, leave or store any motor vehicle, vehicle or tangible personal property of any type or description at any time between the sidewalk line and curb line at any place within the City of Chicago Heights, Illinois.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

The provisions of this section shall provide for the review of proposed off-street accessory parking facilities, as a means of assuring the provision of safe and adequate parking, which fully complies with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

All proposed development required to provide off-street parking and/or loading space, under the provisions of this chapter, when deemed necessary and appropriate by the planning director shall provide a separate parking plan which fully complies with the provisions of this section.

10-11.1.

Said parking plan shall illustrate the location and extent of all parking and/or loading spaces provided, which fully comply with the minimum requirements of this chapter.

10-11.2.

Said parking plan, shall provide information and documentation, sufficient to accurately address design issues, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)

A project map showing all public rights-of-way abutting said zoning lot, and located within 500 feet of proposed parking and/or loading spaces;

(b)

Existing buildings, structures and/or uses;

(c)

Proposed site plan;

(d)

Maximum number of employees on duty;

(e)

Traffic counts for all public rights-of-way and intersections within 500 feet;

(f)

Parking and/or loading schedules indicating the number, type of parking and/or loading spaces provided;

(g)

Proposed ingress and egress, including access aisles, driveways and/or curb cuts;

(h)

Landscaping, including tree protection plan, layout of buffer strips;

(i)

Traffic safety, signage and enforcement; the provision of said parking and/or loading space, shall constitute consent by the owners of record and/or occupants, to traffic control and enforcement by the city, of all applicable laws, codes, and/or regulations.

10-11.3.

[Additional information.] The city planner shall retain the right to request additional information, relevant to the proposed development, building, structure and/or use, deemed necessary, in order to fully access the adequacy of the proposed parking plan.

10-11.4.

[Review.] The city planner shall supervise the review of all plans for accessory parking and/or loading space, to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Said review shall include, but not be limited to, public safety and convenience, relationship to uses being served, public rights-of-way, circulation and/or traffic patterns, construction standards, topography, drainage, retention, and/or landscaping.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

10-12.1.

Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this Ordinance results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of ½ or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of ½ shall be counted as one parking space.

10-12.2.

Size. A required off-street parking space shall be at least nine feet in width and at least 20 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.

10-12.3.

Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. No driveway across public property nor curb cut shall exceed a width of 30 feet.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

10-13.1.

Open and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the use served may be open to the sky of enclosed in a building.

Accessory parking spaces located in a residence district elsewhere then on the same lot occupied by the use served shall be open to the sky except when otherwise allowed as a special use.

10-13.2.

Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than four inches thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather dustless material.

10-13.3.

Screening and landscaping. All open automobile parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residence district or any institutional premises by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than five feet nor more than seven feet in height. Such required screening shall conform with the front and side yard setback requirements of the district in which the parking is located.

10-13.4.

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance.

10-13.5.

Signs. Accessory signs are permitted on parking areas.

10-13.6.

Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with accessory off-street parking facilities provided in a residence district. The sale of gasoline and motor oil in conjunction with accessory off-street parking facilities is not permitted in any residence district.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

For the following uses, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as required hereinafter. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.

10-14.1.

[Residential uses.] Residential uses, as follows:

(a)

One-family dwellings and two-family dwellings. Two parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit.

(b)

Multiple-family dwellings (including apartment hotels). Parking spaces equal to 75 percent of the number of efficiency units; one space for each one-bedroom unit; 1½ spaces for each two-bedroom unit; and two spaces for each three- (or more) bedroom unit. For lodging rooms located in an apartment hotel, one parking space shall be provided for each two lodging rooms.

(c)

Tourist courts, tourist homes, motels and motor hotels. One parking space shall be provided for each dwelling unit or lodging room.

(d)

Lodging houses. One parking space shall be provided for each two lodging rooms, plus one space for the owner or manager.

(e)

Private clubs and lodges (with sleeping facilities for guests). One parking space shall be provided for each lodging room, plus parking spaces equal in number to 25 percent of the capacity in persons (exclusive of lodging room capacity) of such club or lodge.

10-14.2.

[Retail and service uses.] Retail and service uses, as follows:

(a)

Retail stores and banks. One parking space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of floor area. Drive-in banks or other similar drive-in establishments shall provide three stacking spaces per teller or customer service window.

(b)

Automobile service stations. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees.

(c)

Automobile laundry. Twenty stacking spaces shall be provided for each wash rack, plus one parking space for each four employees.

(d)

Bowling alleys. Three parking spaces shall be provided for each alley, plus such additional spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses (bars, restaurants and the like).

(e)

Establishments dispensing food or beverages for consumption on the premises. One parking space shall be provided for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(f)

Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops. One parking space shall be provided for each 600 square feet of floor area.

(g)

Motor vehicle sales and machinery sales. One parking space shall be provided for each 300 square feet of floor area.

(h)

Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors. Six parking spaces shall be provided for each chapel or parlor, plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle kept on the premises.

10-14.3.

Offices, business, professional and governmental. One parking space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of floor area.

10-14.4.

Wholesale establishments. Wholesale establishments (but not including warehouses and storage buildings other than accessory). One parking space shall be provided for each 600 square feet of floor area.

10-14.5.

Service and production establishments. Establishments engaged in production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repair of materials, goods or products. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus one parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise.

10-14.6.

Warehouses and storage buildings. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus one parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise.

10-14.7.

[Community service uses.] Community service uses, as follows:

(a)

Church, school, college and other institutional auditoriums. One parking space shall be provided for each five auditorium seats. Adequate space shall also be provided for busses used in connection with the activities of the institution, and all loading and unloading of passengers shall take place upon the premises.

(b)

Colleges, universities and business, professional and trade schools. One parking space shall be provided for each three employees and one parking space shall be provided for each four students based on the maximum number of students attending classes on the premises at any one time during any twenty-four-hour period.

(c)

Health centers, government operated. Three parking spaces shall be provided for each staff and visiting doctor.

(d)

Hospitals. One parking space shall be provided for each two hospital beds.

(e)

Libraries, art galleries, and museums—Public. One parking space shall be provided for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(f)

Municipal or privately owned recreation building or community center. One parking space shall be provided for each two employees, plus spaces adequate in number, as determined by the zoning administrator, to serve the visiting public.

(g)

Public utility and public service uses. One parking space shall be provided for each three employees plus spaces adequate in number, as determined by the zoning administrator, to serve the public.

(h)

Schools—Nursery, elementary and high. One parking space shall be provided for each employee.

10-14.8.

[Places of assembly.] Places of assembly, as follows:

(a)

Stadiums, arenas, auditoriums (other than church, college or institutional school), convention halls, dance halls, exhibition halls, skating rinks, and other similar places of assembly. Parking spaces equal in number to 25 percent of the capacity in persons shall be provided.

10-14.9.

[Miscellaneous uses.] Miscellaneous uses, as follows:

(a)

Fraternities, sororities and dormitories. One parking space shall be provided for each five active members, plus one parking space for the manager thereof.

(b)

Institutions for the care of the insane or feebleminded. One parking space shall be provided for each staff doctor, plus spaces adequate in number, as determined by the zoning administrator, to serve the visiting public.

(c)

Private clubs and lodges (without sleeping facilities for guests). Parking spaces equal in number to 25 percent of the capacity in persons shall be provided.

(d)

Rest homes or nursing homes. One parking space shall be provided for each four beds, plus one parking space for each two employees (other than staff doctors), plus one parking space for each doctor assigned to the staff.

(e)

Sanitariums, convalescent homes or institutions for the aged or for children. One parking space shall be provided for each four beds, plus one parking space for each two employees (other than staff doctors), plus one parking space for each doctor assigned to the staff.

(f)

Theaters, indoor. One parking space shall be provided for each three seats.

(g)

Theaters, automobile drive-in. Reservoir parking space equal to ten percent of the vehicle capacity of such theaters shall be provided.

(h)

[Additional provisions.] For the following uses, parking spaces shall be provided in adequate number, as determined by the zoning administrator, to serve persons employed or residing on the premises as well as the visiting public:

(1)

Airports or aircraft landing fields; heliports.

(2)

Convents and monasteries.

(3)

Crematories and mausoleums.

(4)

Fraternal or religious institutions.

(5)

Outdoor amusement establishments—Fairgrounds, permanent carnivals, kiddie parks, and other similar amusement centers.

(6)

Penal and correctional institutions.

(7)

Rectories and parish houses.

(8)

Swimming pools.

10-14.10.

Mixed uses. When two or more uses are located on the same zoning lot within the same building, parking spaces equal in number to the sum of the separate requirements for each such use shall be provided. No parking space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the zoning board of appeals.

10-14.11.

Other uses. For uses not listed heretofore in this schedule of parking requirements, parking spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use, or as determined by the zoning administrator.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)

10-15.1.

Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles over two tons capacity shall be closer than 50 feet to any property in a residence district unless completely enclosed by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof, not less than six feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 25 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets.

10-15.2.

Size. Unless otherwise specified, a required loading berth shall be at least ten feet in width by at least 25 feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.

10-15.3.

Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.

10-15.4.

Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than seven inches thick, surfaced with not less than two inches of asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather dustless material.

(Ord. No. 2018-6, § 3(Exh. A), 2-21-18)